[Dusty_Star]

Fore! Beware the wayward golf ball | Golf News and Tour Information | Golf Digest

"In most cases, the victims were standing in what ...(is) call(ed) “the hot zone.” That’s the area between approximately 270 and 300 yards from the tee. Often it’s on the opposite side of where the trouble is on a hole."

This is talking about the pro tour. I wonder where the hot zone is in The Villages courses. 125 - 200 yards out?

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

an unqualifiable term will not change the law.

True, but if you're familiar with Fort Walton #7, and I think you are considering your post about #4, you would agree it IS a VERY bad shot

[elle123]

Originally Posted by zummy

Our bedroom window was broken by an errant golf ball

It's considered collateral damage if you decide to purchase a home on a golf course. You might want to wear a helmet when you're puttering about the house.😁

[RCMill531@comcast.net]

Not trying to be insensitive but golfers golf on the courses and do not intentionally hit balls onto houses. I can’t believe anyone would expect them to come to your residence after an incident. If they see you outside, a “sorry about that” would be nice but otherwise, there’s nothing else to be done. You know the risks in living on a golf course.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

True, but if you're familiar with Fort Walton #7, and I think you are considering your post about #4, you would agree it IS a VERY bad shot

I probably could make that shot that is why I have given up the game until I get around to get another lesson to correct my new bad habit, as opposed to my previous bad habits.

[cjrjck]

I've hit a few houses especially on par 4s on very tight executive courses. No windows yet. Caught a lot of flack from one irate homeowner after I hit the roof of her home. I apologized many times. A few rare times while trying to hit a fade on a dogleg right, I clobbered a few pull hooks, often called double cross hits. They start left and go even farther left. A couple disappeared over the first row of houses to end up who knows where. I imagine I could have hit a house not on the course. I won't ever know I guess. I assume those would be on me.

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by cjrjck

I've hit a few houses especially on par 4s on very tight executive courses. No windows yet. Caught a lot of flack from one irate homeowner after I hit the roof of her home. I apologized many times. A few rare times while trying to hit a fade on a dogleg right, I clobbered a few pull hooks, often called double cross hits. They start left and go even farther left. A couple disappeared over the first row of houses to end up who knows where. I imagine I could have hit a house not on the course. I won't ever know I guess. I assume those would be on me.

You sound like a golfer.

[JRcorvette]

Originally Posted by zummy

Our bedroom window was broken by an errant golf ball

It is an Assumed Risk living on a golf course. An accident and the golfer is not liable.

Sorry about your window.

[ThirdOfFive]

My wife and I were playing one of the executive courses a few years back (Silver Lake, I think...could be wrong...) and the fairway on one of the holes paralleled a row of houses. My wife's drive bounced into a guy's yard, who was out working trimming some bushes. She asked if she could get her ball back, and the guy cheerfully went over to the ball and tossed it to her. I commented that with such close proximity to the fairway broken windows must be a worry. He grinned, went over to the nearest window, rapped on it and said "Plexiglas!".

Sort of a sad commentary on our society, where somebody might be hesitant to do the right thing because of unforeseen negative consequences. My first instinct, if I did hit a ball that broke a window, would be to tell the owner because that is the way that I was raised. Likewise if I owned a house on a golf course and somebody broke a window with a golf ball I'd expect him or her to tell me. I wouldn't ask him to pay for the window, nor would I accept it if he offered (re-glazing a window is not difficult) though I would mention that if he stopped by with a bottle of good bourbon I'd certainly share a drink or three with him.

Our society has certainly changed, and not in a good way.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

You sound like a golfer.

or a duffer

[Mr.Big]

You better be careful these days just going on to someone’s property. You could get shot.

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by Mr.Big

You better be careful these days just going on to someone’s property. You could get shot.

and the homeowner's bullet could be classified as self-defense.

[mtdjed]

Originally Posted by Rich Iwaszko

So a golfer hits his ball onto a home owners property, he goes in and the homeowner is sitting in a lawn chair, the golfer asks, Did you see my ball? the homeowner opens his hand and says, You mean MY ball now. The golfer goes back to his bag and gets a ball and presents it to the homeowner. The homeowner says, Whats this for? The golf responds, every man(**) ought to have 2.

And then the fight began!

[shut the front door]

I find the "if you agree with me, you were raised right, like I was" mentality to be very interesting.
In case you didn't know, Ted Bundy, Jeffery Dahmer, and Paul Bernardo were all "raised right" in loving homes with very normal childhoods. Virtue signaling is not always complimentary.

[mtdjed]

Originally Posted by Flyer

Lived on Golf Course. Had two windows broken in one year. One guy totally ignored situation, dropped ball other side of fairway. Other gentleman, gave me his card and insisted I send him the repair bill.
Personal accountability and ethics matter to some.

So, if driving (a car) on a gravel road and your car throws up a gravel stone which breaks a windshield of the car behind, personnel accountability and ethics should guide one to pay for the damaged caused?